Does FlexSim calculate floor utilization?

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Kari Payton asked Jul 17, '17 Matthew Gillespie edited Jul 17, '17

Does FlexSim calculate floor utilization?

Am I able to calculate the how much space objects are using on the model floor using FlexSim?

Software Version:

FlexSim 17.1.3

floor plans floor utilization

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-17T20:07:42Z

Jacob Gillespie answered Jul 17, '17 Matthew Gillespie edited Jul 17, '17

This script would give you the aproximate area taken up by the objects in your model:

double area = 0;
var objects = model().subnodes;
for(int i = 3; i <= objects.length; i++) {
	area += objects[i].as(Object).size.x * objects[i].as(Object).size.y;
}
return area;

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Kari Payton commented · Jul 17, 2017 at 11:20 PM

Thanks @Jacob Gillespie! Is there a way to make that specific to certain types of objects? For example only include objects that say "Mold1, Mold2, Mold3...etc". If not that's ok. I can save multiple copies of the models and then delete what I don't want to be included in the area.

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Jacob Gillespie ♦ Kari Payton commented · Jul 17, 2017 at 11:51 PM

@Kari Payton Sure you could just add a name check.

double area = 0;
var objects = model().subnodes;
for(int i = 3; i <= objects.length; i++) {
	Object obj = objects[i];
	if(obj.name.includes("Mold"))
		area += obj.size.x * obj.size.y;
}
return area;

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